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during this hot summer in Texas,
and it gets really hot.
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It was one of those blacktop highways.
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He came upon a wreck.
There had been an accident.
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A black man who had been injured
was lying out on the side of the highway...
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in this hot, boiling Texas sun.
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And it took an hour...
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for them to get an ambulance there
to help him, and the man was hurt.
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Jimmy stood over him...
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and afforded him shade for that hour.
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To shade his face
so he wouldn't be lying in that boiling sun.
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He was very touched by the fact
that the church...
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the preacher, the minister had spoken
about that, about his humanity...
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about stopping on the side of the road
to help somebody.
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He was very touched by the fact
that they had talked about it in church.
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I couldn't believe all that he went through
before he did a scene.
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He'd limber up his shoulders
and shake his fingers...
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and I'd look at him in awe.
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Finally one day, I thought, I've got
to find out what all of that is about.
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I went up and I said, "Jimmy?
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"Will you answer a question for me?"
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And he said, "Sure. What is it?"
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I said, "Why do you do all of this...
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"bend over and limber up your shoulders
or whatever you're doing?"
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He said, "To get in the mood."
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I said, "To get in the mood for what?"
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He said, "For what I'm supposed to do."
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I said, "Oh."
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He said, "You never do anything."
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I said, "Oh, you've noticed that.
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"I've never seen anything
like what you've done ever before.
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"Is this part of Method acting? I'm sorry.
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"I've never had any acting lessons
in my life.
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"I just do what my heart tells me.
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"I don't know any other way to do it.
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"I try to think about what character
I'm supposed to be...
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"and what that person would think of,
in the characterization...